Open AccessNon-surgical Approach to Improve Prognosis of Ocular Prostheses for Grade III and IV Contracted Sockets
Author(s) -
Neeti Solanki,
Saumyendra Vikram Singh,
Deeksha Arya
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2021/46511.14511
Subject(s) - enucleation , medicine , ocular prosthesis , rehabilitation , eyelid , surgery , prosthesis , physical therapy
Patients with Grade III or IV contracted ocular sockets, most often due to Post Enucleation Socket Syndrome (PESS), suffer from loss of ocular volume along with a lax lower eyelid, which complicates prosthetic rehabilitation in terms of fit as well as aesthetics. Surgical correction is preferable, though not always feasible. A non-invasive approach for prosthetic rehabilitation of such difficult cases, using bandaging and progressively larger conformers is described here.